A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from June 05, 2020
“I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are of naked fat people laying on a couch”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in home quarantines, where many people sat on a couch and got fat (“Rubenesque”).
   
“Now that I have lived through a ‘plague’, I totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their tits out” was posted on Twitter by Dest on April 17, 2020. “Now that I’ve lived during the time of a plague, i totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their boobs out” was posted on Twitter by Type1Chlo on April 18, 2020.
   
“Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are of naked fat people laying on a couch” was posted on Facebook by Chelsey Schaffeld on April 20, 2020. “Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are pictures of fat people laying naked on the couch” was posted on Twitter by just jon on April 22, 2020.
 
 
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
         
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Dest
@GnashtyNades
Now that I have lived through a “plague”, I totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their tits out.
4:39 PM · Apr 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Miss Kim
@Miss_Kim_H
Now that I’ve lived during the time of the Plague, I totally get why most of the Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their tits out…
9:05 AM · Apr 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Type1Chlo
@Type1Chlo
Now that I’ve lived during the time of a plague, i totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their boobs out.
11:05 AM · Apr 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Sexthetix
April 18, 2020 ·
Now that I’ve lived during the time of plague, I totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people layin around with their tits out.
 
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The Maven Life
· April 18, 2020 ·
This made me laugh 😆
Now that I’ve lived during the time of plague, I totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their tits out.
     
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Copy Pasta Memes
April 19, 2020 ·
Now that I’ve lived during a plague, I get why most renaissance paintings are of chubby women laying around with their boobs out.
 
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Chelsey Schaffeld
April 20, 2020
Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are of naked fat people laying on a couch.
 
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Grrrl1der
@Grrrl1der
Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I totally get why most Italian Renaissance paintings are just people lying around with their boobs out.
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jimmy fallon
@jimmyfallon
· Apr 20
It’s time for Tonight Show: At Home Edition Hashtags! Tell us the funniest thing you’ve heard someone say during quarantine, and tag it with #QuarantineQuotes. Could be on the show!
6:59 PM · Apr 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
         
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@SarahSurgey1
Now that I’ve lived during the time of plague, I totally get why many Italian Renaissance paintings are just people laying around with their tits out
4:19 AM · Apr 21, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Logan
@ThoughtsCigar
Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I now get why Italian Renaissance paintings are people laying around with their tits out.
1:13 PM · Apr 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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just jon
@jonathan_heims
Now that I’ve lived through a time of plague, I understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are pictures of fat people laying naked on the couch
7:38 PM · Apr 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
     
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Red Nation Rising
@RedNationRising
Now that I’ve lived through an actual plague I totally understand why Italian renaissance paintings are filled with naked fat people laying around on couches. . .
12:41 PM · Apr 27, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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AANR Western Region
@WestAANR
#NudeMemeMonday — Special #Lockdown Extra ....... “Now that we’ve lived through the time of The Plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are of #naked fat people laying on a couch,” ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ!
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AANR Western Region
@WestAANR
· Apr 27
#NudeMemeMonday — We’ve been, “socially isolating before #SocialDistancing was cool” … nudism is personal, and not for others.  We recognise society isn’t ready but @AANR_Int, we’re #NormalisingNaturism by working with community groups and leaders … ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ. https://pic.twitter.com/x1ZPT4KmLU
5:11 PM · Apr 27, 2020·Twitter for Android
     
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GRN Wilmington
@GRNWilmington
Now that I’ve lived through an actual plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are full of naked fat people laying on couches.
4:25 AM · May 1, 2020·LinkedIn
   
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Noah Roth
@noahroth
Replying to @OMTorah
“Now that I’ve lived through an actual plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are full of naked, fat people laying on couches.”
3:20 AM · May 10, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Pandemic creations – links to a new world. (May 19, 2020.—ed.)
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Now that I’ve lived through an actual plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are full of naked fat people lying on couches.
   
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J. Scott Runyan
May 23, 2020 at 3:18 PM ·
Now that I’ve lived through an actual plague, I completely understand why Italian Renaissance Paintings are full of nekkid chubby folks laying on couches!
 
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DrinkerBell
@SlurpeeGirl_
Now that I’ve lived thru an actual plague, I totally understand why Italian Renaissance paintings are full of fat, naked people laying on couches. #COVID19
7:09 PM · Jun 1, 2020·Twitter for Android

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